The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 4275
Logged by: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PostgreSQL version: 8.2.9
Operating system: openSUSE Linux 10.3, x86
Description: Multicolumn subquery expression not allowed on both
sides of IS DISTINCT FROM
Details:
The PostgreSQL docs say a multicolumn subquery expression is not allowed on
both sides of IS DISTINCT FROM. The implementation conforms to the docs, but
AFAICS the SQL:2003 standard allows multicolumn subquery expressions on both
sides of the operator.
This works:
# SELECT ROW(true,true)=(SELECT true,true);
This doesn't:
# SELECT (SELECT true,true)=(SELECT true,true);
Error: 42601: subquery must return only one column
Location: transformSubLink, parse_expr.c:1139
Expected result:
The second query has the same result as the first query (true).
Please allow me to explain why I think the standard allows multicolumn
subqueries on both sides of IS DISTINCT FROM:
<distinct predicate> ::= <row value predicand 3> <distinct predicate
part 2>
<distinct predicate part 2> ::= IS DISTINCT FROM <row value predicand
4>
<row value predicand 3> ::= <row value predicand>
<row value predicand 4> ::= <row value predicand>
<row value predicand> ::=
<row value special case>
| <row value constructor predicand>
<row value constructor predicand> ::=
<common value expression>
| <boolean predicand>
| <explicit row value constructor>
<explicit row value constructor> ::=
<left paren> <row value constructor element> <comma> <row value
constructor element list> <right paren>
| ROW <left paren> <row value constructor element list> <right
paren>
| <row subquery>
So the following should be valid:
<distinct predicate> ::= <row subquery> IS DISTINCT FROM <row
subquery>
Somebody in the #postgresql irc channel was so kind to test this on 8.3.3
with the same results.
Regards,
Carl-Daniel
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